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Did You Notice?… That no less than 24 hours after Jimmie Johnson captured his fourth straight Cup championship, he was in front of your television practically everywhere you turned? At 1:30 Monday, while waiting at the airport in Miami, an ESPN friend of mine texted me an “I just met ...
NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson
Denny Hamlin had quite a weekend in Florida. He won his fourth race of the year, spun a guy out, and declared himself the next threat to Jimmie Johnson’s “Drive for Five” championship quest. But while Johnson’s fourth consecutive Sprint Cup is the talk of the NASCAR world this week — ...
NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson
Denny Hamlin
Ford 300
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Author’s note: Since the 2009 season was really just a bad re-run of 2008, I simply modified last season’s “end of the year Top Ten.” As long as there is a Chase and Jimmie keeps winning it, this will probably be a yearly tradition.
10. (2008) Brian France could disappear off the ...
NASCAR
Chase Austin
Jimmie Johnson
Brian Vickers
Jimmie Johnson won his fourth consecutive title last weekend, the first driver to win four in a row and fourth to win four or more titles in the history of the sport. But should an asterisk go into the record books because Johnson won under the Chase system?
Phil: I’d argue no because ...
NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson
Chase Austin
Dale Earnhardt
As expected Sunday, Jimmie Johnson finished what he started and came home with his fourth consecutive championship. But did his fifth-place finish prove enough to keep him on top of our season-ending poll for the fourth straight year? Read on to find out who our experts tabbed as having ...
IndyCar
Jimmie Johnson
Will Power
I want to start out in this, the final Yellow Stripe of 2009, by recognizing the efforts of Jimmie Johnson. Even if your personal flavor preference is not vanilla, any true fan of our great sport should recognize the level of achievement for the entire No. 48 team: a worthy champion, no ...
NASCAR
Rick Hendrick
Jimmie Johnson
Hendrick Motorsports
Haas CNC Racing
Greetings, race fans and welcome to this week’s critique, entry No. 43 in a long running series where I look into the quality of the race broadcasts. We’ve got a lot to talk about, so let’s get right into it.
On Friday night, the Truck Series held their season finale race, ...
NASCAR
Ford
Phil Parsons
Michael Waltrip
Well, golly…
The conclusion to the 2009 Sprint Cup season was…expected. I’ve tried really hard for the past 24 hours to come up with something clever and insightful to describe Jimmie Johnson’s historical year – but it simply isn’t there. Much like the remains of my flower garden, all ...
NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson
Each week, we’ll go through media reports, interviews, PR, and all of our own stuff to find the best quotes from the Sprint Cup race, capturing the story of how the weekend unfolded. It’s the most original commentary you’ll ever find: the truth, coming straight out of the mouths of the drivers, ...
NASCAR
Ford 400
Homestead-Miami Speedway
FedEx
Michael Waltrip
Denny Hamlin
The Key Moment: Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin made quick work of Kurt Busch on the final restart and Hamlin prevailed in the battle of the JGR teammates to drive to an uncontested win.
In a Nutshell: With a whimper not a bang, the 2009 Cup season finished imploding upon itself with a very ...
NASCAR
Denny Hamlin
Kyle Busch
Kurt Busch
Juan Pablo Montoya
Tony Stewart
He may not be the most popular driver and he may seem a bit ‘vanilla’ to some, but Jimmie Johnson is without argument one of the best to ever strap into a race car. Earning his fourth straight NASCAR title Sunday night, Johnson separated himself from some of the greatest in the 61 year history ...
NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson
Richard Petty
Dale Earnhardt
Jeff Gordon
Cale Yarborough
ONE : With four consecutive titles, is Jimmie Johnson’s championship run the best ever?
Fan Vote – YES : 50%; NO: 50%
You can’t fault Jimmie Johnson for dominating the sport in its current points format, but nonetheless the fact that he has won four consecutive titles in the “Chase era” ...
NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson
Chase Austin
Cale Yarborough
Dale Earnhardt
Richard Petty
With the waving of the checkered flag at Miami on Sunday evening, the 2009 NASCAR season came to a close after 36 points races and ten long months of racing. And John Andretti needed every one of those races to finally lock himself and his Front Row Racing’s No. 34 Chevrolet team into the top ...
NASCAR
John Andretti
Chevrolet
Daytona 500
Scott Speed
Red Bull Racing
Toyota
Joey Logano:
*Start: 35th; Finish: 24th *
Summary: Joey Logano certainly did not start the final race of his first-full time Sprint Cup series from the most opportune position. However, the 19-year old displayed how much he had grown since the Daytona 500 back in February, as he did not ...
NASCAR
Joey Logano
Daytona 500
If nothing else, the Ford 300 was certainly a microcosm of the 2009 season. Brad Keselowski and Jason Leffler ran hard with good cars, but not good enough to challenge Carl Edwards or Kyle Busch (though in all fairness, both were also involved in incidents). And as for the two Cup superstars ...
NASCAR
Ford 300
Brad Keselowski
Jason Leffler
Carl Edwards
Kyle Busch
Jimmie Johnson
In a Nutshell: Kevin Harvick took the checkered flag 0.949 seconds ahead of Matt Crafton to win the Ford 200 Friday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The driver of the No. 4 Georgia Boot Chevrolet took the lead for the final time on a green-white-checkered finish to score his second ...
NASCAR
Kevin Harvick
Ford
Chevrolet
Matt Crafton
Homestead-Miami Speedway
The old proverb says, “To the victor, go the spoils.”
But as the Cup season hits the homestretch this weekend, there’s an All-Star cast of drivers who have yet to earn themselves a crumb.
With just one race remaining, a full one-third of the Chase field – four of twelve drivers – ...
NASCAR
Chase Austin
Greg Biffle
Juan Pablo Montoya
Ryan Newman
Carl Edwards
Jimmie Johnson, Rick Hendrick, and Lowe’s announcing a contract extension shouldn’t be a big surprise to anyone.
And that’s exactly how they want it.
“Everybody’s on the same page,” Hendrick said Friday. “The key to success I think is keeping people together. [We want to] keep ...
NASCAR
Rick Hendrick
Jimmie Johnson
Lowe's
Jeff Gordon
Matt Kenseth
DeWALT
The late David Poole was a fan of NASCAR’s Chase for the Cup, making him the only motorsports writer that I can think of that held a favorable opinion of NASCAR’s playoff who didn’t work for NASCAR .com or ESPN . (There may be a few others. I just can’t think of any.) Like the NASCAR and ESPN ...
NASCAR
Chase Austin
Jimmie Johnson
I thought it was the racing. There’s always something when the love affair is going south. So, I thought it was the racing. After all, that’s what everyone is saying, isn’t it? That the quality of racing just isn’t as good as it used to be. Whether it’s the cars, or the tracks, it’s just not as ...
